Theosophical astral cosmology
Werewolf
Leadbeater says the werewolf first manifests during a person’s lifetime, distinguishing it from his postmortem vampire account. He proposes an astral projection altered by other entities into an animal form. Injury to that form is said to recur on the person’s ordinary body through repercussion. The claim links a familiar folkloric motif to his larger theory of manifested matter.
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Principal account
ReportedLeadbeater says the werewolf first manifests during a person’s lifetime, distinguishing it from his postmortem vampire account. He proposes an astral projection altered by other entities into an animal form.
Further detail
ReportedInjury to that form is said to recur on the person’s ordinary body through repercussion. The claim links a familiar folkloric motif to his larger theory of manifested matter.
Context & interpretation
Leadbeater presents a Theosophical classification based on claimed occult investigation. Its planes, beings, and mechanisms belong to that historical esoteric system; the book’s assurance of reality is an authorial claim rather than independent scientific verification.
Original passages
Source 1
The Astral Plane
of this plane, since it is always during a man's lifetime that he first manifests under this form. It invariably implies some- knowledge of magicalOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Theosophical astral cosmology; active reader leaf 61
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- Current Reader position
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- Matches the reviewed Reader
Source 2
The Astral Plane
the form of a dog or a wolfOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Theosophical astral cosmology; active reader leaf 124
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- IMJ-0005-E001
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- 127
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- 127
- Current Reader position
- 120
- Reader verification
- Matches the reviewed Reader